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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299440303321

Autore

Shanov Stefan

Titolo

Dynamic Tectonics and Karst / / by Stefan Shanov, Konstantin Kostov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-662-43992-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 p.)

Collana

Cave and Karst Systems of the World, , 2364-4591

Disciplina

526.1

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550

551

Soggetti

Geology, Structural

Geophysics

Natural disasters

Hydrogeology

Structural Geology

Geophysics/Geodesy

Natural Hazards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Tectonic control on karst evolution -- Tectonic stress fields and karst -- Recent geodynamics and karst.

Sommario/riassunto

The karstic caves are favorable sites for tectonic events detecting, representing a conservative medium of three-dimensional framework where the tectonic deformations are well preserved. They also provide an environment conducive to dating and determining the geometrical parameters of past seismotectonic events. During the last three decades the study of dynamic tectonics and recent geodynamics in karst terrains has been subject of numerous publications, but it has not been systematically approached in a comprehensive monograph. This book collects the current state of knowledge on the relationship between karst and dynamic tectonics and presents a new methodology to its study. It puts forward several approaches for studying of recent



geodynamics in karst terrains, such as tectonic stress fields reconstructions using structural analysis of the fracturing, geophysical studies of the rock anisotropy and fault-plane solutions from earthquakes, analysis of the spatial orientation and absolute dating of deformed speleothems, instrumental and mechanical measurements, monitoring, and modeling – all supported with case studies from several karst areas worldwide, e.g. in Albania, Bulgaria, Cuba and France.